Rodriguez (5-2) allowed six hits and struck out five to win his
fourth straight decision and drop his ERA to 1.83.

"Every start, I just think, 'Make a good pitch every time,"'
said Rodriguez, who threw 110 pitches. "I think about, 'Let me
throw my first pitch for a strike.' Every time, every inning.
I'm feeling good about it."

Lance Berkman had an RBI double and Rodriguez drove in his first
run of the season as the Astros set aside an embarrassing lineup
error to hand Milwaukee just its third loss in 16 games.

The Astros are seeing the 30-year-old Rodriguez mature before
their eyes after coming into the season with a 37-40 record over
four seasons.

"Now, he knows who he is and that's why, every time he takes the
mound, he thinks he's going to win," Tejada said. "Every time he
takes the mound, we think we're going to win."

Oswalt, the Astros' longtime ace, is 1-2 with a 4.50 ERA this
season.

Milwaukee's Yovani Gallardo (4-2) lost for the first time in six
starts, allowing six runs and seven hits in five innings. Mike
Cameron hit his eighth homer of the season for the Brewers.

The Astros got caught batting out of order in the first inning
and still took a 1-0 lead.

Michael Bourn led off with a single, but the Astros had
submitted a lineup card with Kaz Matsui batting first and Bourn
second. Houston manager Cecil Cooper said before the game that
Bourn would lead off, a flip-flop from Tuesday's game.

Cooper took the blame, saying that neither he nor any of his
coaches double-checked Wednesday's lineup card before it went to
the umpires.

"I put it in my pocket without checking it. Usually, I check it
every day," Cooper said. "Today, for some reason, I did not
check it. No one checked it, and that was a snafu."

Milwaukee manager Ken Macha alerted the umpires to the mistake
and Bourn's hit was nullified and Matsui was called out without
leaving the on-deck circle.

"It happened, it is embarrassing, but it's over," Cooper said.
"If we had lost the game, it would be even more so. But we won
the game. That's the most important thing."

Macha said he might not have said anything if the Brewers had
retired Bourn and Matsui at the start. Bourn batted again, drew
a walk and scored on Berkman's double to right center.

Tejada hit a solo homer in the second inning, his third of the
season. Tejada came in hitting .417 in his last 10 games.

Pence put Houston up 4-0 in the third with a triple over
Cameron's head in center field.

Cameron led off the fourth with a homer down the left-field
line. It was the first allowed by Rodriguez since August 2008, a
span of 15 starts and 88 1-3 innings. Cameron's drive ended the
longest homer-less streak for an Astros pitcher since 1989-90,
when Juan Agosto went 91 2-3 innings without giving up one.

Rodriguez retired the next 10 hitters, striking out the side in
the fifth.

"He's becoming, every day, the guy we thought he could be,"
Cooper said. "I'm so happy for the performance that he has been
able to consistently go out and give us. It's been outstanding."

Tejada drove in another run with a double in the sixth - his
13th RBI in his last nine games - and Seth McClung relieved
Gallardo.

Rodriguez singled to right, his first hit of the season, scoring
Tejada.

Milwaukee rallied for three runs in the ninth, but Chris Sampson
struck out Bill Hall to end it and earn his second save.

Notes: Brewers 2B Rickie Weeks underwent surgery on his left
wrist in Arizona on Wednesday. Weeks is out for the season after
tearing a tendon while batting in St. Louis on Sunday. ...
Members of the NFL's Houston Texans took batting practice at
Minute Maid Park and raised $31,300 for the Boys and Girls Clubs
of Greater Houston. Receiver Andre Johnson, quarterback Matt
Schaub and offensive lineman Eric Winston were among the
participants.